CLAUDEL, Paul Connaissance de l'Est. Paris Mercure de France 1900 Pet. in-8° (1st and last ff. slightly pitted). Marbled paper bradel, green leather stretcher on spine (browned), light blue cover and spine cons. (slightly browned with fine staining). Uncommon first edition. No large papers. Ex. of the limited edition on alfa laid paper. Autogr. letter signed to Thomas Braun, "his friend 1st Dec. 1925". Ref. Talvart & Place III:147. Prov. Thomas Braun (1876-1961), Belgian Catholic poet and jurist.

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